India has witnessed high economic growth since the 1980s, and a reduction in the share of income poor, though the measured extent of this reduction varies, has been confirmed by different methods. Poverty, however, has multiple dimensions, hence this paper explores the improvement in other social deprivations.

From lighting in streets and in the home, to power for water pumping, cooking, and basic processing and communications, access to energy enables people to live better lives. It also transforms health-care provision – enabling vaccines to be refrigerated, implements to be sterilized and diagnostic equipment to be powered.

This report released by Global Alliance for Clean Cookstoves indicates that two-thirds of Indian families till use solid fuel traditional stoves and will continue to do so over the next decade, leading to 875,000 premature and avoidable deaths annually from indoor air pollution.

This assessment report presents an overview of the energy access situation in the Asia-Pacific region, including prevalent policies and programmes to address them, with the view to identify common challenges that could be addressed through regional cooperation.

This study’s main aim was to observe tribal household energy habits and determine their relationship to subsequent greenhouse gas emissions.

This NSSO report provides data on rural and urban Indian households by primary source of energy for cooking and for lighting.

The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has completed the Field work of NSS 68th round on 30th June 2012. This round was devoted mainly to Household Consumer Expenditure and Employment and Unemployment.